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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Edward J. Kapturowski, Apex, NC (US);
Robert T. Snyder, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Kapturowski, Apex, NC (US);
Robert T. Snyder, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Bowe Bell & Howell, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are provided for improving handling of sheet articles during processing within sheet or mail processing machines, particularly for causing creased sheet articles to assume a more planar position within a sheet or mail processing machine. Rollers may be provided for bending a crease of a sheet article along its crease.